The relationship between the two players began to sour when Jackson was a member of the Thunder as he believed he should have been starting over Westbrook.

Since the Thunder did not accommodate Jackson’s request, he eventually asked for a trade from the team and was shipped off to the Pistons at the trade deadline in 2015.

After he was traded, he infamously drew criticism from Westbrook and Steven Adams after going a bit out of his way to celebrate hitting clutch free throws to ice the game against the Thunder.

“I thought it was some real [expletive] for our team and our organization,” Westbrook said at the time, according to the Oklahoman. “I don’t like it at all. But it is what it is. We’ll see him down the line. We’ll take care of that when we get there.”

Last year, Westbrook was asked about that celebration and wasn’t willing to offer a response.

“No, I don’t,” Westbrook said when asked if he remembered the incident. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, man.”

The relationship between the two players took another turn on Monday night after Westbrook proceeded to score on Jackson and then broke out his patented ‘Rockabye Baby’ move on him.

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Cody Taylor

Cody Taylor is the Editor and Lead Writer for OKC Thunder Wire based out of Orlando, Florida. He previously spent five years covering the NBA for Basketball Insiders and HoopsWorld. In addition, he has also covered college sports at UCF, including baseball, football and basketball.